Mahela, Tharanga lead SL with fifties

NEW DELHI: Sent in to bat, Mahela Jayawardene and Upul Tharanga slammed fifties and kept Indian attack at bay in the third ODI of the tri-series at Sabina Park in Kingston on Tuesday.

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India bowlers were seen struggling for a breakthrough as Lankan openers guided the side past 150 in 30.1 overs.

Jayawardene reached his fifty in 60 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six while Tharanga scored his fifty off 76 deliveries. Tharanga hit five boundaries.

Sri Lanka's first fifty runs came off 65 balls. However, the openers accelerated the scoring rate after the first powerplay.

Earlier, India's replacement skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field against the Islanders.

Kohli said it was a great honour for him to lead the Indian side. He was appointed skipper after MS Dhoni was ruled out due to injury.

India replaced Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar with Murali Vijay and Shami Ahmed.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, dropped Jeevan Mendis and Ajantha Mendis and brought in Kusal Perera and Senanayake.

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli(C), Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Shami Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Kusal Perera, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews(C), Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga

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